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Book

Isles of the emberdark

Call Number

  • FANTASY SAND (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2026.

Physical Description

xii, 399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Summary

"All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar--the supernatural birds his people bond with--on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to exploit the Aviar. But it's a race they're losing, and Dusk fears his people will lose themselves in the effort. When a chance comes to sail into the expanse of the emberdark beyond a mystical portal, Dusk sets off to find his people's salvation with only a canoe, his birds, and all the grit and canniness of a Patji trapper"--

Contents

  • Author's note
  • Prologue
  • Book one: Dusk
  • Book two: Starling
  • Book three: The Cave of Death
  • Book four: The Dakwara
  • Epilogue.

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